Mahanoy declines lone bid for McCann building
MAHANOY CITY – The borough of Mahanoy City is evaluating its options for the former McCann School of Business and Technology on Main Street, after it declined the lone bid to purchase the campus.
The borough opened the bid, from Mark Detofsky, of Mahanoy City, offering $15,000 for the campus, stretching from Pine to Mahanoy on Main Street.
Council President Tom McCabe expressed dissatisfaction with the price.
“Personally, my feeling is, before I sell it for $15,000, we’ll just tear it down and not have to worry about buying it from the guy when it’s falling down,” McCabe said.
Council approved declining the bid, and tabled the matter pending consultation with the borough solicitor to see what the next step may be.
“I would like to think about getting a realtor and see what they can do, but we have to check with Eric [Lieberman, solictor] first,” McCabe said.
In other business, council:
- Approved a bid to repair fencing at the 8th Street Park from Hillside Fence Co. for about $2,800
- Appointed Tony Aschman to the vacancy committee
- Approved advertising a drainage inlet project for bids
- Approved purchasing a compressor for the Streets Department
- Approved leasing two copiers for the borough office
- Approved suspending the brown bag ordinance for 30 days from June 6 for businesses carrying an up-to-date liquor license
- Approved a borough credit card policy for employees, pending addition of language pertaining to consequences
- Approved installation of an Automatic License Plate Reader system for a borough police car from Greens Communications at a cost not to exceed $600
- Approved appointing McCabe and Michael Connolly as council’s representative and alternate on the Mahanoy City Home Rule Transition Committee
- Approved appointing a three member committee — Pat Mullins, Matt Tacelosky, and Ben Wiessner to serve on a council committee to work with the transition committee.
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